A big change I want is their system for overall and attributes. Some categories have too much affect on the overall and basically they have to have unrealistic attributes for star players to keep them high overall. Body checking and strength needs to have less weight. Def. awareness needs to have a little bit less weight. And passing and off. awareness need more weight. Their system makes it so that big, physical players are better and small, skilled players aren't as good as they could be. I also think they need to go back to many years ago of when they had higher overall ratings in general. Like McDavid is the absolutely highest(of active players) at 95. Why not make it so players can be 99 overall(and again, without having to have unrealistic attributes) Madden and NBA have 99 overall players, but it seems they're scared to have them in NHL.
I wish they would add back to being able to edit heights and weights too. It's annoying when young players have grown quite a lot, but they're still listed as their size at like 16. I know they do grow in franchise mode, but still they should let us be able to edit that. As you could do this a few games ago or so.
They need to have some players retire later too and players regress too fast. Someone like Giordano basically has not much value in year 1 and drops in rating quite fast. But in real life, he's going to be quite good for a few more years still.
They need to make it so a goalie or two goes in the 1st round in some draft years.
Maybe there's a specific reason, but why is the KHL not in the game? I know they had it in the past, so why did it get removed? Definitely would like the KHL back in the game. Saves time from creating players.
BAP has been greatly improved. So great job with the improvements there. I can only hope they have real storylines in the future like NBA and Madden does. But they definitely took a big step.
One thing that still is stupid in BAP though is, you could destroy the league and as a UFA, you only get offers from a few teams. You should be getting offers from every team in the league, as long as they the cap space.
Wouldn't mind getting the option at least of being able to edit players fully in franchise mode too. So attributes included.
Create a player I feel like hasn't changed for quite a few years now. I think they need some new additions to it. More hair, beard options, just further customization options.
I wish in create a player, that you could randomize the attributes or if there was a button to make the rating go up by 10. It just would make it faster for creating players. I remember NHL 2k had this, where you pressed a different button to make the attribute go up by 10 at a time.
Maybe add some more stuff to online modes. Do what 2k used to have, have a bunch of mini game modes. I think this would definitely boost popularity for less hardcore hockey fans.
Option to create players for future drafts while in franchise mode would be good too.